Police surround mobile home after woman shoots Burke County sheriff’s deputy

MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) — A Burke County sheriff’s deputy is in critical condition after being shot in the neck while authorities tried to serve commitment papers on a 60-year-old woman.

After a 12-hour standoff, police arrested the woman Wednesday morning at her mobile home near Morganton. Her name hasn’t been released.

Authorities said the woman shot 31-year-old Deputy Martin Lawing on Tuesday night shortly after the standoff began. The woman refused to cooperate when deputies arrived at her house and threatened to shoot anyone who approached the door.

She continued shooting at officers until they fired more than 20 canisters of tear gas into her trailer.

Lawing was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center and remains in critical condition.

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